Rick Tawney was born in Henry Illinois, which is nowhere near Chicago but he became an avid Cubs, Bears and Bulls fan anyway. He grew up in Northern Ohio and went to college at the University of Akron where he met the infamous Tom Bennardo and was his intern for one year. 

Rick holds a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity International University and a Masters in Counseling from Philadelphia Biblical University. Rick has served as a Youth Pastor at First Baptist in Geneva IL, Church planter with Polaris Community Church in Lewis Center, and Pastor at Meadowbrook Christian Fellowship in Dublin. Rick joined the LCC staff as Cell Group Pastor part-time in 2009, and transitioned to full-time in 2013. 

Rick loves to coach his kids’ teams and when possible hit the links or dominate on the basketball court.

Rick married Sheila in 1992-which still stands as his best decision-and they have four children, Micah, Keilah, Damaris and Isaac.

Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

J.R. Kennedy was born in, raised in, and at the rate it's going may never leave Columbus. Serving in the role of Pastor of Children's Ministries, J.R. joined the staff of LCC in July of 2005.

He has been working with kids in one role or another since the summer of 1998 when he spent 8 weeks serving as a chaperone at a children’s camp, though he distinctly remembers signing up to serve anywhere other than with small children. That was the summer when God began to form a passion in him for a life of ministry to kids.

J.R. attended Word of Life Bible Institute, Columbus State Community College and eventually got around to graduating from Baptist Bible College of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Biblical Studies. He sincerely hopes that none of his choices in higher education will be held against him as he likes to think he's fairly well-rounded despite it all. Also, he wrote this bio himself, and is not entirely sure why he typed it all in third-person.

J.R. and his wonderful wife, Rebekah, were married in 2003 and live in Plain City with their daughter Emma, son Ashton, and dog Puck.

Sheila Tawney is a country girl at heart. She enjoys baking, having people in her home and hanging out. She graduated from the University in Akron with a degree in Elementary Education. Sheila taught fourth grade for a few years then had four beautiful children to stay home and raise.

Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.